Browsing by Author "Kross, Erin K."

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    Aligning use of intensive care with patient values in the USA: past, present, and future.
    (Elsevier, 2019-07-01) Turnbull, Alison E; Bosslet, Gabriel T.; Kross, Erin K.; Medicine, School of Medicine
    For more than three decades, both medical professionals and the public have worried that many patients receive non-beneficial care in US intensive care units during their final months of life. Some of these patients wish to avoid severe cognitive and physical impairments, and protracted deaths in the hospital setting. Recognising when intensive care will not restore a person’s health, and helping patients and families embrace goals related to symptom relief, interpersonal connection, or spiritual fulfilment are central challenges of critical care practice in the USA. We review trials from the past decade of interventions designed to address these challenges, and present reasons why evaluating, comparing, and implementing these interventions have been difficult. Careful scrutiny of the design and interpretation of past trials can show why improving goal concordant care has been so elusive, and suggest new directions for the next generation of research.
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    Enablers and Barriers to Implementing ICU Follow-Up Clinics and Peer Support Groups Following Critical Illness: The Thrive Collaboratives
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2019-09) Haines, Kimberley J.; McPeake, Joanne; Hibbert, Elizabeth; Boehm, Leanne M.; Aparanji, Krishna; Bakhru, Rita N.; Bastin, Anthony J.; Beesley, Sarah J.; Beveridge, Lynne; Butcher, Brad W.; Drumright, Kelly; Eaton, Tammy L.; Farley, Thomas; Firshman, Penelope; Fritschle, Andrew; Holdsworth, Clare; Hope, Aluko A.; Johnson, Annie; Kenes, Michael T.; Khan, Babar A.; Kloos, Janet A.; Kross, Erin K.; Mactavish, Pamela; Meyer, Joel; Montgomery-Yates, Ashley; Quasim, Tara; Saft, Howard L.; Slack, Andrew; Stollings, Joanna; Weinhouse, Gerald; Whitten, Jessica; Netzer, Giora; Hopkins, Ramona O.; Mikkelsen, Mark E.; Iwashyna, Theodore J.; Sevin, Carla M.; Medicine, School of Medicine
    OBJECTIVES: Data are lacking regarding implementation of novel strategies such as follow-up clinics and peer support groups, to reduce the burden of postintensive care syndrome. We sought to discover enablers that helped hospital-based clinicians establish post-ICU clinics and peer support programs, and identify barriers that challenged them. DESIGN: Qualitative inquiry. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research was used to organize and analyze data. SETTING: Two learning collaboratives (ICU follow-up clinics and peer support groups), representing 21 sites, across three continents. SUBJECTS: Clinicians from 21 sites. MEASUREMENT AND MAIN RESULTS: Ten enablers and nine barriers to implementation of "ICU follow-up clinics" were described. A key enabler to generate support for clinics was providing insight into the human experience of survivorship, to obtain interest from hospital administrators. Significant barriers included patient and family lack of access to clinics and clinic funding. Nine enablers and five barriers to the implementation of "peer support groups" were identified. Key enablers included developing infrastructure to support successful operationalization of this complex intervention, flexibility about when peer support should be offered, belonging to the international learning collaborative. Significant barriers related to limited attendance by patients and families due to challenges in creating awareness, and uncertainty about who might be appropriate to attend and target in advertising. CONCLUSIONS: Several enablers and barriers to implementing ICU follow-up clinics and peer support groups should be taken into account and leveraged to improve ICU recovery. Among the most important enablers are motivated clinician leaders who persist to find a path forward despite obstacles.